The Ariake Arena, which will host volleyball and wheelchair basketball, is 51 percent completed as on January 2019, the organisers informed.

The Tokyo Aquatics Centre, which will host swimming and diving, is also over half completed while the Sea Forest Waterway, due to hold a rowing test event as early as August, is almost 80 percent finished.

There have been fears over the venue for tennis at the Tokyo 2020 Games, after the contractor hired to renovate parts of the Ariake Tennis Park went bankrupt in October.

However, the TMG has found a new contractor to work on re-building 17 outdoor courts that should be ready in time for the Olympics.

“For tennis, one part of the construction was delayed,” said Terasawa. “One company’s business was doing badly and it went under. The site reviewed its order and currently a new company is doing the construction.”

The All Japan Tennis Championships, to be held in October, will serve as the test event for tennis.

Organisers are confident that renovations to the show court at Ariake, which usually hosts the annual Japan Open, will be ready by that time with minor delays only impacting the outdoor courts.